ALA Notable Books - Fiction The ALA Notable Books - Fiction are listed below. The star rating and number of reviews are from Amazon.com. In parentheses after the star rating and number of reviews are the number of pages in the book and any other awards that the book was a finalist for. Award names in red indicate the the book was the winner of that award.

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2009 ALA Notable Books - Fiction

The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine 22 reviews (2008) (528p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam 13 reviews (2008) (336p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Peace by Richard Bausch 20 reviews (2008) (192p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

City of Thieves by David Benioff 273 reviews (2008) (272p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 52 reviews (2008) (320p) All Awards and Honors » PP · ALA · Author » TotNom=4 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen 60 reviews (2008) (256p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 221 reviews (2008) (352p) All Awards and Honors » NYTimes · TIME · ALA · Author » TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser 18 reviews (2008) (256p) All Awards and Honors » NYTimes · ALA · Author » TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Resistance by Owen Sheers 21 reviews (2008) (320p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 450 reviews (2008) (304p) All Awards and Honors » PP Winner · NBCCA · ALA · Author » TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Ginseng Hunter by Jeff Talarigo 14 reviews (2008) (192p) All Awards and Honors » ALA · Author » TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page